1. We were absent, and did not witness in Bat'ha
The men of Banu Ka'b, their necks being severed

2. By the hands of men who did not draw their swords
For a right cause, and whose victims' clothes were not stained.

3. Oh, would that I knew, will I attain support from
Suhayl ibn ‘Amr, and those who deserted and punished him,

4. And Safwan, who bent from the tips of spears?
For this is the time of war, tighten its headbands.

5. So do not feel safe from us, O son of Umm Mujalid,
When war ignites and bares its fangs.

6. And if a band of us had witnessed Bat'ha,
On that day their striking would have wavered against us.